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Private Baptisms.
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Al M | Report | 30 Jan 2008 17:43 |
"Private" noted next to a baptism in church records can also simply mean the baptism is not for publication in the Church magazine. Illegitimate babies sometimes have private noted next to them. |
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Joy | Report | 29 Jan 2008 19:02 |
My great-great-great-grandfather was baptised privately and later publicly; possibly it had been feared that he would not live so was baptised when very young. |
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*Sharm | Report | 29 Jan 2008 18:36 |
Thanks everyone for your replies i do know that she and her sister who was born 2 years later but also sadly died shorly after birth are buried in the same grave with their grandparents so at least i know that. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 29 Jan 2008 18:15 |
Private baptism usually means that the child was not expected to live, and was baptised quickly so that he/she could be buried in the church cemetery. |
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Margaret | Report | 29 Jan 2008 17:36 |
Sharm, I'm no expert but 'private baptism' doesn't mean there was nobody in attendance. Just that it wasn't performed in a Church - probably at home because the child was not expected to live. There could have been any number of people present but it wasn't in Church i.e. 'public'. |
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*Sharm | Report | 29 Jan 2008 17:24 |
hi joan |
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Joan | Report | 29 Jan 2008 17:17 |
yes, I'm sure Von is right. |
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*Sharm | Report | 29 Jan 2008 17:17 |
hi |
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*Sharm | Report | 29 Jan 2008 17:06 |
hi |